Christmas Eve (24th of December) is very special for the Czechs and the Slovaks. Not only you get to eat a festive dinner, listen to the Czech Christmas carols and open up your presents after Jesus drops them off under the tree but many people also like to go to the Czech Christmas Mass (also called “Hey Master”). From my own experience I can tell you that the mass is magical. Even if one does not believe in God the comfort and the peace of the music penetrates any human being (my cat actually seems to like it too). It also makes you feel like there is something else, something better to this life than what the world is experiencing now. The masterpiece was written in 1796 by a young teacher and a musician Jakub Jan Ryba who unfortunately later in his life committed suicide. The story talks about the birth of Jesus Christ and the shepherds coming to visit him in his manger. Although it is built strictly as a traditional Latin mass, it is written as kind of a theatrical play recording the conversation among the Czech folks and their excitement about the birth of Jesus . Because of its simplicity and fresh vibes the mass gives off it continues to be performed at Christmas time all over the country. You can listen to the first part (also the most famous one) of the Czech Christmas Mass right here:
Listen: CZECH CHRISTMAS MASS (RYBOVA MSE) – “Hey Mistre!”
In case you would like to listen to the whole thing or give it to someone as a Christmas present, go ahead and buy the whole Czech Christmas Mass here (click here).
CZ: Stedry vecer (24. prosince) je ceskym/slovenskym tradicim velmi drahy. Nejen ze cela rodina zasedne ke svatecni stedrovecerni hostine pote, co si rozbali Jeziskem nadelene darky, ale take v CD prehravaci hraje krome vanocnich koled take Rybova Mse, znama take pod jmenem “Hej Mistre!”. Mnoho rodin, at vericich nebo ne, se take vyda do mistniho kostela na Pulnocni Msi (to same jako Rybova Mse) a z vlastni zkusenosti musim rici, ze atmosfera je proste kouzelna. Hudba ve vas vzbudi pocity jakehosi pokoje a nadeje, ktere jste uz dlouho nezazili. Ceska mse vanocni byla storena v roce 1796 mladym ucitelem Jakubem Janem Rybou, ktery pozdeji bohuzel spachal sebevrazdu. Co je ale zajimave je, ze prestoze je stavena stejne jako latinska hudebni mse, jedna se vlastne o pastoralni hru, zasazenou do ryze ceskeho protredi. Prvni cast si muzete poslechnout zde (kliknete na vyse uvedeny link):
Pokud si chcete zakoupit celou Rybovu Msi, kliknete zde.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Jan_Ryba
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_m%C5%A1e_v%C3%A1no%C4%8Dn%C3%AD
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